Show your hate for Microsoft, use a really ugly background
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
I’m all for “fighting the power” and “sticking it to the man” but if that means I have to use a disaster of a wallpaper to do so, then my penguin loving buddies, I will pass. Note to all programmers who make wallpapers in their spare time: Let that graphic artist next to you at work make your next anti-Win32 wallpaper, you’re computer will love you for it.
Now I am by no means a designer, but come on people, it’s called deviant art and their called brushes, and they’re free. Here’s something I whipped up in a matter of minutes keeping in the theme of “we all hate Bill Gates for some reason”:
Do you have a wood for this PC?
Thursday, February 15th, 2007
New from the “because metal wasn’t working well enough” category comes this mostly natural computer. From German company Holzkontor, these computers are made from wood - well, except for the electronics that make a PC a PC. You can also buy ala carte: monitors, keyboards, and mice can be sold seperately, and are available in several finishes.
So, what do you do? Do you finally use the furniture polish that computer and electronic manuals have been warning us about for years? What about termites? Never has ‘computer bugs’ been such a literal term.
[via Techie Diva]
Piano flies in from the future
Sunday, February 11th, 2007
Who wouldn’t want a piano that looks like an alien aircraft? As an artist, this is really appealing. You could fly to a venue, tinkle ivories, woo ladies, and then fly home — all in one device! Maybe it seats two.
Okay, so it dosen’t fly. But it really plays, and judging from this video video, it plays well and sounds wonderful. This fully functioning 88-key piano was designed by NYT-line for Fazioli, and some pictures are viewable here. The shape was inspired by the sea and its waves, and is supposed to evoke the feeling of movement.
Sorry, but I see ’spaceship’.
